The worse climate change gets, the harder it becomes to stop it
This year may be seen as a turning point in the climate crisis. The UN has accepted that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C, while climate scientists have concluded…
Imagine newsletter: the power of plankton
This roundup of The Conversation’s environment coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. In a world without plankton, I wouldn’t get stung by jellyfish when…
Massive sinkholes open up across Turkey as it struggles with drought and climate change
Turkey’s central Anatolian plateau is one of the country’s most important agricultural regions, producing wheat, maize, sugar beet and other crops. Yet beneath its cultivated fields, the ground is becoming…
Flying-foxes are turning up starving. Why are we still responding one crisis at a time?
Once again, Australia’s flying-foxes are in trouble. Wildlife carers have been overwhelmed by large numbers of distressed animals needing care. Banana and berry growers are reporting crop damage and sightings…
Africa’s bats could survive climate change – if they can find somewhere to live
Climate change and changes in the way land is used are the two biggest threats to wildlife because they change the environment in which animals survive and thrive. Knowing how…
Warmer seas and shifting pressure systems: the signs that suggest the Mediterranean’s climate is ‘tropicalising’
Nowhere in the Iberian Peninsula or the Balearic Islands has a tropical climate – for this to be the case, the average temperature in the coldest month would have to…
AI reveals how a warming climate will intensify NZ’s most extreme downpours
The most damaging weather events are the record-breaking “one-in-100-year” disasters communities have usually only seen once. But understanding how these rare events could change in the future is hard. With…
Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years
Bones in archaeological sites, ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historical records and ethnographic accounts all helped researchers recreate a deep history of people and tuna...Read More
Invasive species do much more damage in Australia and NZ than elsewhere. But why?
If you had to pick the countries where invasive species pose the biggest problems, you probably wouldn’t think of Australia. The continent has some of the world’s strictest biosecurity, a…
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